Baking Chefs

Ingredients & Directions 1 c Milk 1 c Unbleached Flour Let milk stand for a day or so in an uncovered container at room temperature. Add flour to milk and let stand for another couple of days. When it starts working well and smells right, it is ready to use. NOTE: All containers for starters […]

Ingredients & Directions -CRUST- 1 c All purpose flour 3 tb Sugar 1/4 ts Salt 1/3 c Walnuts; (about 1 1/2 -ounces) 1/2 c Chilled unsalted butter; cut -into 1/2-inch ; pieces (1 stick) 2 Egg yolks 1/3 c Strawberry jam; (generous) FILLING 3/4 c Plus 2 tablespoons whipping -cream 6 oz Bittersweet; (not -unsweetened) […]

Ingredients & Directions 4 c Unbleached Flour 2 tb Sugar 2 tb Salt 4 c Lukewarm Potato Water Put all ingredients in a crock or large jar and let stand in a warm place uncovered several days. This is the authors last choice for making a starter, but seems to be in all the cookbooks […]

Ingredients & Directions FOR THE SHELLS 3/4 c All-purpose flour 3 tb Cold unsalted butter; cut -into bits 1 tb Cold vegetable shortening 1/3 c Sweetened flaked coconut; -toasted lightly FOR THE FILLING 1/3 c Milk 3 tb Sugar 1 lg Egg yolk 1/4 ts Vanilla 1 sm Ripe banana 2 tb All-purpose flour 1/2 […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 x Unbleached Flour 1 x Potato Water Boil some potatoes for supper, save the potato water, and use it lukewarm with enough unbleached flour to make a thick batter. without yeast. This is a good way to make it in camp, where you have no yeast available and want fast results. […]

Ingredients & Directions 1 kg Small strawberries; about Icing sugar for dusting FOR THE PATE SABLEE 300 g Plain flour A pinch of salt 100 g Icing sugar 200 g Unsalted butter 2 Egg yolks FOR THE CREME PATISSIERE 350 ml Milk 1 Vanilla pod 3 ; (depending on, (3 to 4) ; thickness)(7.5 ; […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unbleached Flour 1 x Warm Milk To Make Thick Bat. This starter is the same as starter #2 but uses warm Milk instead of water. Use the same instructions. Yields 1 servings

Ingredients & Directions -COOKIE DOUGH- 1 Stick unsalted butter 1/4 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract 1 Egg yolk 1 1/4 c Cake flour ALMOND FILLING 1/2 lb Almond paste 1/3 c Sugar 1 Egg yolk 1 ts Grated lemon zest 1/2 Stick soft butter 2 Eggs 1/4 c All-purpose flour -STRAWBERRY FILLING- 1 pt […]

Ingredients & Directions 2 c Unbleached Flour 1 x Water To Make Thick Batter Mix flour and water to make a thick batter. Let stand uncovered for four or five days, or until it begins working. This basic recipe requires a carefully scalded container. Yields 1 servings

Ingredients & Directions -PASTRY- 110 g Plain Flour 1/2 ts Ground Mixed Spice 60 g Ground Almonds 85 g Caster Sugar 85 g Unsalted Butter; (diced) 3 Free Range Egg Yolks TOPPING 85 g Mascarpone 5 tb Redcurrant Jelly 1 tb Framboise or Cassis 455 g Fresh Strawberries; (washed, -hulled & ; halved) 280 ml […]